Fatawa
Questions &Answers
by Mufti Husain Ahmad Madani
Question: A camel-hump style hijab
is a type of hijab in which the hair is
tied into a bun at the crown of the
head and then covered by a hijab.
The question is it permissible? I have
heard some people quote a hadith
saying that it is not. Is this true?
Answer: The hadith you are referring
to is as follows:
Abu Hurayra g narrates that the
holy Prophet a said, “There are
two groups of the People of the Fire
whom I have not yet seen. The first
group will carry whips resembling
the tails of a cow which they will use
to lash people. The second group
are the women who are clothed
and yet naked, disinclined to Allah’s
obedience and inclining others to
follow in their ways. Their heads are
similar to the humps of camels. They
will not enter Jannah nor smell its
fragrance, though its fragrance can
be smelled from a distance (Muslim).
Though some have used the
aforementioned hadith as evidence
to prohibit camel-hump style
hijabs, it is clear that the hadith is
not referring to any style of hijab.
Rather, it is refers to women who
are without hijab and have their hair
styled in the said manner. Thus, it
would be incorrect to use the hadith
as a basis for prohibition in this
matter. Nonetheless, it would be best
to avoid any style of hijab that could
potentially attract attention since the
purpose of hijab is to conceal the hair
and beauty and detract attention. This
point is supported by the translation
of the ayah, “And women should not
expose their beauty except that which
is (already) apparent thereof…” (24: 31)
Question: Am I allowed to feed my
pet haram food? If not, what kind of
food can I feed my cat?
Answer: Before answering your
question, please keep the following
principles in mind:
1. The meat of halal animals
(e.g. cows and sheep) that are
slaughtered in compliance with
Islamic principles can be fed to
any pet.
2. The meat of animals which are
not halal (e.g. dogs and cats)
but have been slaughtered
in compliance with Islamic
principles may be fed to nonhalal
animals such as cats and
dogs.
3. The meat of any animal not
slaughtered in accordance
with Islamic principles is not
permissible to feed to any pet.
4. The ruling for any pet food that
contains multiple ingredients
will be based on the bulk of what
the product is made of. If most
of the ingredients are from pure
sources, it would be permissible
to feed it to a non-consumable
animal (e.g. cats and dogs) but if it
consists mostly of haram sources,
it would be impermissible to feed
it to any animal.
5. Consumable animals (e.g. sheep
and cow) cannot be fed products
that are made of a mixture of
halal and haram sources even if
the main ingredient is halal.
6. A pet owner will only be sinful if
they feed the pet haram food. If
the pet eats haram on its own, the
owner will not be sinful.
With the above details in mind, we
advise you to purchase halal/vegan
cat food. If not possible, then you
may feed the cat any product in
which the bulk of the ingredients are
from halal and pure sources.
Question: Mothers receive child
benefits from the Canadian
government. The question is who is
the legal owner of this money from
an Islamic perspective? Is it necessary
to use that money on the child or can
it be used on other expenses?
Answer: The Canada child benefit
(CCB) is a payment made to eligible
caretakers of children under the age
of 18 to help in their child-rearing
expenses. In that case, the legal owner
of the money will be the caretaker
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